2016 // Posts published in 2016

Microsoft is waving the white flag on its target of reaching 1 billion Windows 10 installs by 2018.
Microsoft had initially planned to reach 1 billion Windows 10 installations across all its devices by 2018. Now, after an interview with ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft admits that their goal is not attainable.
Instead, Microsoft described how they’re happy with the progress of Windows 10

Is somebody else logging into your Windows PC when you’re not around? Fortunately, there’s an easy way to check your activity and track any potential snooping.
Today, we’re going to show you how to determine if and when your PC was accessed.
Check your Recent Activity
The first place to start your search is in the recent activity menu, which showcases a list of recently-opened apps, pro

Have you ever sent your friend a link to something funny on Facebook Messenger? There’s a chance that someone you don’t know has seen that link.
A quirk in Facebook’s developer tools lets anyone see links others have shared using Facebook Messenger – and Facebook doesn’t plan on fixing this problem anytime soon.
If you don’t think that’s a problem, then take a look back through

E3 has always been focused on console gaming. PC gaming, for all its superiority, has always been a secondary part of the show.
That’s probably going to be the same at this year’s E3 2016. However, there are still plenty of reasons to get PC gamers excited about this year’s gaming extravaganza. Here are a few reasons to get hyped.
Virtual Reality
Virtual reality will inevitably come to

Phishing attacks are literally as old as the internet. You would think people would have outsmarted phishing attacks by the time 2016 rolled around. Unfortunately, according to a new report, that’s not the case.
A new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) revealed that there were more phishing attacks during the first quarter of 2016 “than at any other time in history.”
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Battlefield 1 has officially been announced. Some are calling the title confusing, but I like it: nobody calls the first Battlefield game (Battlefield 1942) Battlefield 1. So the spot was open for the taking. Why not make it a World War I shooter?
Indeed, DICE is taking the series to a place where only mods have taken us before: the damp, dark, desolate battlefields of the First World War.
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Most major video games today are released across consoles and the PC. Strategy games, however, have long remained a quintessential PC gaming experience.
Maybe it’s the fact that the controls translate best to keyboard and mouse. Or maybe, as elitist PC gamers believe, it’s because console gamers find the games too complicated and difficult.
Whatever the reason may be, here are the best 5

For the past few months, rumors about a remastered Modern Warfare have heated up. This past week, those rumors reached red-hot status, as the official Call of Duty Twitter account all but confirmed that a remaster was in the works.
Remember how several years ago Call of Duty teased a new game by adding Snapchat codes to Black Ops 2? The marketing department of Call of Duty is clearly up-to-date

Typically, the biggest FPS games of the year – like Call of Duty and Battlefield – are released in the fall.
This year, however, some of the best first person shooters are being released in May.
Sure, other people may be geeking out about Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. But some of this year’s biggest shooters are being released over the next 4 weeks. Without further ado, here are the

It took a long time, but Google has finally made podcasts available in Google Play Music.
To date, millions of PC users have iTunes on their computers exclusively to download podcasts because there aren’t a lot of better ways. Now, thanks to Google Play Music, downloading podcasts is easy (provided you already have a Google Play account).
The podcast interface will be immediately familiar